Initial nursing facility care/day low severity 99304 at ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI

1100 Magellan Dr, Tehachapi, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1275538530

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$53.19

Cash price

?

Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$197.00

Gross charge

?

Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$37.43 with KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY vs $116.16 with UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDICARE IP/OP ONLY $37.43 ↓ -30%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA UNIVERSAL IPA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLA $37.43 ↓ -30%
HEALTHNET MCARE HEALTHNET MCARE $37.43 ↓ -30%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD TRICARE BLUE SHIELD $37.43 ↓ -30%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $37.80 ↓ -29%
UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY UNIVERSAL IPA MCAL OP/PROFEE ONLY $37.80 ↓ -29%
NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS NETWORK PROVIDERS- ALL PLANS $47.91 ↓ -10%
KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY KAISER MEDI-CAL IP/OP ONLY $54.22 ↑ +2%
BC MCAL BC MCAL $55.85 ↑ +5%
KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS KAISER IP/OP ONLY- ALL OTHER PLANS $64.38 ↑ +21%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $66.53 ↑ +25%
KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL KHS-KERN HLTH SYSTM MCAL $69.94 ↑ +31%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $72.65 ↑ +37%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $79.92 ↑ +50%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $81.07 ↑ +52%
WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS WESTERN GRWRS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS $82.74 ↑ +56%
BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD EPN- ALL OTHER PLANS $83.33 ↑ +57%
OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS OSCAR HEALTH PLAN- ALL PLANS $83.55 ↑ +57%
CENTIVO - ALL PLANS CENTIVO - ALL PLANS $84.22 ↑ +58%
COVENTRY- ALL PLANS COVENTRY- ALL PLANS $87.18 ↑ +64%
BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN BLUE SHIELD NON-EPN $98.50 ↑ +85%
KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS KLHP-KERN LEGACY EPO -ALL OTHER PLANS $98.50 ↑ +85%
BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE BLUE CROSS EXCHANGE $102.28 ↑ +92%
CIGNA- ALL PLANS CIGNA- ALL PLANS $104.30 ↑ +96%
HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET- ALL OTHER PLANS $105.85 ↑ +99%
BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON-MCS- ALL OTHER PLANS $113.44 ↑ +113%
UHC JLL CSP UHC JLL CSP $116.16 ↑ +118%
UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER- ALL OTHER PLANS $116.16 ↑ +118%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Initial nursing facility care/day low severity 99304 at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $43.96 $17.08 – $64.68
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg $143.31 not published
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $37.43 $2.55 – $119.34
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo $26.70 $37.80 – $138.49
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $37.43 $37.80 – $118.28
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $29.55 $37.80 – $124.96
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $130.02 $37.80 – $118.28
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $59.10 $37.80 – $116.16

All California hospitals for this procedure →